No doubt due to the influence of Jake, there seem to be more and more, classical guitar style, slotted headstock ukuleles cropping up. As well as the high end stuff like this custom Mana’e tenor, more mid-range brands like Kala are turning out ukuleles like this and this.

Natural finish Polka-Lay-Lee.

If you’re asking five grand for a ukulele, you could give us more than one small photo and a two line description.

Well, yeah. And we know its destiny; every holiday season we do a White Elephant swap; last year I ended up with a salt and pepper shaker set of pigs copulating; this year, someone else will end up with a really ugly ukulele teapot.